The people asked Jesus to leave their region.
Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave.
“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You’re the Holy One of God!”
So they came and spoke to them politely. They brought them out of the prison and requested them to leave the city.
Then all the people who lived in the land of the Gerasenes were so filled with fear that they asked Jesus to go away. So he got into the boat to leave.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord!” he said. “I’m a sinful man!”
He shouted at the top of his voice, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God, what do you want with me? Swear by God that you won’t hurt me!”
